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BY=LAWS 



Historical Society 



OF WATERTOWN. 



WITH A LIST OF THE PAST AND PRESENT 



OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 



OF THE SOCIETY. 



INCORPORATED 1891. 



WATERTOWN : A if 
PRESS OF FRED. G. BARKER, 

1893. 



BY-LAWS 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN, 



CHAPTER I. 



MEMBERS AND DUES. 

Article i. The members of the society shall be 
of three classes, Active, Associate and Honorary, 
and all shall be open to both men and women. All 
Active members shall be eligible to any office, and 
they only shall be entitled to vote or to take part in 
the business of the society. 

Art. 2. Blanks shall be kept by the Recording 
Secretary for signature by any desiring to be pro- 
posed as an associate member. These blanks shall 
also be signed by two members who shall join in 
recommending the candidate. The blanks shall 
have a space for a brief statement of the place of 
residence and qualifications of the person proposed 
for membership. But no nomination shall be made 
except by a report of the Council at a stated meet- 
ing, of the society. Transfers of members from one 
class to another class, however, may be made at any 
stated meeting upon the recommendation of the 
Council. 

Art. 3. All members shall be elected by ballot 
at a stated meeting by a majority of the votes cast. 
A separate ballot on any name shall be taken upon 
the request of three or more members. 

Art. 4. Each Active and Associate member shall 
pay two dollars at the time of admission, and one 



dollar each first of May afterward into the treasury, 
for the general purposes of the society; but any 
member admitted in March or April shall be 
exempted from the next following May assessment. 
Any member shall be exempted from the annual 
payment if, at any time after admission, he or she 
shall pay into the treasury twenty dollars in addi- 
tion to previous payments; and all commutations 
shall be and remain permanently funded, the inter- 
est only to be used for current expenses. 

Art. 5. If any person elected a member shall 
neglect, for four months after notification of elec- 
tion, to accept membership by subscribing to the 
by-laws and to pay the admission fee, the election 
shall be void ; and any member who shall neglect 
to pay the annual assessment for six months after 
it shall have become due and attention shall have 
been called to this article of the by-laws, shall cease 
to be a member; but it shall be competent for the 
Council to suspend the provisions of this article for 
a reasonable time. 

Art. 6. Any member may withdraw from the 
society by giving the Secretary written notice and 
paying all dues. 

Art. 7. Upon the unanimous recommendation 
of the Council present at any meeting thereof, any 
member may be expelled for cause at any stated 
meeting of the society, by a two-thirds vote of those 
present and voting. 

CHAPTER II. 

Art. I. There shall be a stated meeting of the 
society on the second Tuesday of May, September, 
November, January and March; provided, however, 
that the Council shall have authority to postpone 



any stated meeting, or to dispense with it altogether, 
whenever, for any cause, they may deem it desirable 
or expedient. Special meetings shall be called by 
either of the Secretaries, at the request of the Presi- 
dent, or, in case of the President's death, absence, 
or inability, of one of the Vice-Presidents or of the 
Council. The stated meeting in May shall be the 
annual meeting of the society. 

Art. 2. At all meetings the record of the pre- 
ceding meeting shall be read by the Recording Sec- 
retary immediately after the presiding officer has 
called the meeting to order; after which at all 
special meetings, the business for which the meet- 
ing was called shall be transacted ; and at all stated 
meetings the order of business shall be as follows : 

1. The reading of Papers and Essays. 

2. The Report of the Corresponding Secretary. 

3. The Librarian's Report. 

4. The report of the Council. 

5. The election of members, and action on the 
recommendations of the Council. 

6. The Historiographer's report. 

7. The unfinished business and assignments of 
the last meeting taken up in their order. 

8. The transaction of other business. 

Art. 3. Upon the request of the presiding offi- 
cer, any motion or resolution offered at any meeting 
shall be submitted in writing. 

Art. 4. Seven members shall be a quorum for 
all purposes except for amendment of the By-Laws, 
which shall be made only by a two-thirds vote of 
those present and voting at a stated meeting (in the 
notification of which the proposed change in the 
By-Laws shall have been stated), at which not less 
than nine members are present. 



CHAPTER III. 

OFFICERS. 

Art. I. The officers of the society shall be a 
President, a First Vice-President from Watertown, 
a Second Vice-President from Weston, a Third Vice- 
President from Waltham, a Fourth Vice-President 
from Belmont, a Recording Secretary, a Corres- 
ponding Secretary, a Treasurer and a Librarian. 

There shall be an Executive Council of nine, com- 
posed of the President, the First Vice-President, the 
Recording Secretary, the Corresponding Secretary^ 
the Treasurer, the Librarian, and three others. All 
of these shall be chosen by ballot at the Annual 
Meeting and shall hold their respective offices for 
one 3'ear, or until others are duly chosen and 
installed. 

Elections to fill vacancies which may occur among 
the officers or in the Council shall be for the unex- 
pired term, and such vacancies may be filled at any 
subsequent stated meeting. The President of the 
society shall act as chairman of the Council, and 
the Recording Secretary shall act as the secretary 
of the Council. Each member of the Council shall 
have a vote. 

Art. 2. There shall be a Historiographer and an 
Editor of Publications appointed annually by the 
Council, to whom they shall be responsible for the 
proper discharge of their duties. 

Art. 3. At the stated meeting in March a Nomi- 
nating Committee, consisting of five persons, shall 
be appointed, who shall report at the annual meet- 
ing a list of members for the places to be filled. 
Nominations may also be made by other members 
of the society. 



CHAPTER IV. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Art. I. The President shall be the Chief Execu- 
tive Officer of the society; and, with the advice and 
consent of the Council, shall superintend and con- 
duct its prudential aftairs. 

Art. 2. The President, and in the absence of 
the President, one of the Vice-Presidents (the Vice- 
President from Watertown having precedence), 
shall preside at all meetings of the society. In the 
absence of all these officers, a President />ro ^e??i^ore 
shall be chosen. 

CHAPTER V. 

THE RECORDIXG SECRETARY. 

Art. I. The Recording Secretary, or, in case of 
the Recording Secretary's death, absence, or ina- 
bility, the Corresponding Secretary, shall warn all 
meetings of the society and of the Council, in such 
manner as the Council shall direct. 

Art. 2. The Recording Seci-etary shall attend 
all meetings of the society and of the Council, and 
shall keep a true record of the same, entering in full 
all accepted reports of committees, unless otherwise 
specially directed, or unless the same are to be 
included in the printed proceedings. 

Art. 3. The Recording Secretary shall enter the 
names of all members systematically in books kept 
for the purpose. 

Art. 4. All books and papers in the Recording 
Secretary's custody shall be the property of the 
society. 

Art. 5. In the absence of the President and of 
all the Vice-Presidents, the Recording Secretary 
shall, if present, call the meeting to order and pre- 
side until a President ^ro tempore is chosen. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

Art. I. The Corresponding Secretary shall in- 
form all persons of their election as members, and 
send to each a copy of the By-Laws, calling atten- 
tion to Articles 4 and 5 of Chapter I. 

Art. 2. The Corresponding Secretary shall con- 
duct the correspondence of the society not other- 
wise provided for, and shall deposit all original let- 
ters received as may be directed by the Council. 

CHAPTER Vir. 

Art. I. The Treasurer shall collect all moneys 
due to the society, and shall keep, in books belong- 
ing to it, regular and faithful accounts of all the 
moneys and funds that may come into the Treasur- 
er's hands, and of all receipts and expenditures con- 
nected with the same; which accounts shall be open 
always to the inspection of the Council. At the 
annual meeting the treasurer shall make a written 
or printed report of all his doings for the year pre- 
ceding, of the amount and condition of all the prop- 
erty of the society intrusted to him, and the charac- 
ter of the investments. 

Art. 2. The treasurer shall invest and manage 
the funds of the society, with the consent and ap- 
proval of the Council. 

Art. 3. When required to do so, the treasurer 
shall give bonds to the satisfaction of the council 
for the faithful performance of the duties of the 
office. 

Art. 4. The treasurer shall not pay any money 
except by direction of the Council, or of its duly 
authorized committee. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

APPROPRIATIONS AND TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. 

Art. I. No person or committee shall incur any 
debt or liability in the name of the society, unless 
in accordance with a previous vote and appropria- 
tion therefor by the society or the Council. 

Art. 2. At the stated meeting in March an audit- 
ing committee, consisting of not less than two per- 
sons not members of the Council, shall be appointed 
to examine the accounts of the treasurer for the 
year preceding, and at the annual meeting to report 
thereon and on the state of any property of the 
society in the treasurer's hands. 

CHAPTER IX. 

THE LIBRARIAN. 

Art. I. The librarian shall have charge of all 
the books, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, and other 
property appropriate to the library, and of all coins, 
works of art, remains of antiquity, and other arti- 
cles appropriate to the cabinet; and shall cause to 
be made and kept suitable catalogues of each and 
all of them, doing whatever may be possible at all 
times to preserve and increase the collections of the 
society. 

The further duties of the librarian shall be the 
usual ones of the office, except as otherwise directed 
by the council. 

CHAPTER X. 

THE HISTORIOGRAPHER. 

Art. I. The historiographer shall collect mate- 
rials for a history of the society, prepare biographies 
of its deceased members for publication, and deposit 



the same in the library. He may read at the stated 
meetings such of the biographies, or such parts of 
them, as he may deem advisable. 

CHAPTER XI. 

THE EDITOR OF PUBLICATIONS. 

Art. I. The Editor of Publications shall edit, 
under the direction of the Council, the memorial 
biographies of deceased members, the proceedings 
of the annual meeting, and all other publications of 
the society not specially committed to other edito- 
rial supervision ; and shall receive such compensa- 
tion as the council shall determine. 

CHAPTER Xn. 

THE COUNCIL. 

Art. I. The council shall determine their own 
quorum; establish rules for the transaction of their 
business; fix all salaries ; authorize all expenditures 
of money, drawing upon the treasurer from time to 
time, for such sums as may be required; provide all 
engraved or printed blanks and books of record; 
act upon all resignations and forfeitures of member- 
ship ; see that the By-Laws are complied with; and 
in general conduct all the business of the society 
not otherwise provided for in the By-Laws. 

Art. 2. They shall appoint, annually, the his- 
toriographer and the editor of publications. 

Art. 3. They shall appoint such subordinate of- 
ficers and agents as they may deem necessary (who 
shall hold their respective offices during the pleas- 
ure of the council), prescribe their duties, and 
allow them reasonable compensation. 

Art. 4. They shall report at their discretion, 



nominations for active, associate, and honorary 
members, to which not less than five of their num- 
ber shall have assented at a meeting of the council. 

Art. 5. Thej shall meet within one week pre- 
vious to every stated meeting, on such dav and at 
such hour as thej may fix by standing rule, and 
upon notice, at such other times as the chairman 
shall appoint, for the discharge of their appropriate 
duties and for furthering the transaction of such 
business as may be brought before the society. 

Art. 6. They shall report, at every meeting of 
the society, such business as they may deem it ad- 
visable to present. 

Art. 7. They may appoint, for terms not ex- 
ceeding one year, and prescribe the functions of 
such committees of their number, or of the mem- 
bers of the society, as they may deem expedient, to 
facilitate the administration of the society's affairs. 

Art. 8. They shall make all proper rules and 
regulations for the use of the library and the cabi- 
net. 

x\rt. 9. At the annual meeting they shall make 
an annual report. It shall include a detailed state- 
ment of the condition of the library and the cabi- 
net, both of which they shall carefully examine 
annually in the month of March. 



PAST AND PRESENT OFFICERS AND 

MEMBERS OF THE 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WATERTOWN. 



Organized July 31, 1SS8. 


Re-organized and 1 


ncorporated 


May 7, 1S91. 




Dr. Alfred Hosmer, 


President, 


1888-1890- 


Rev. Edward A. Rand, 


Vice-Pres. 


1888- 1890 


Solon F. Whitney, 


Sec. & Treas. 


I 888- I 890 


COUNCIL. 




Dr. Alfred Hosmer, 




1888-1890 


Rev. Edward A. Rand, 




1 888-1 890 


Solon F. Whitney, 




I 888- I 890 


Dr. Julian A. Mead, 




1 888 -1 890 


Dr. Bennett F. Davenp 


ort. 


I 888- I 890 


Rev. Edward A. Rand, 


President, 


1891 


Wm. H. Ingraham, 


Vice-Pres. 


1891 


Alexander Starbuck, 


( i u 


1893 


Mary F. Peirce, 


" 


1892 


Edward Whitney, 


" 


1892 


*Ellen M. Crafts, 


Rec. Sec'y. 


1891-1892 


Chas. F. Fitz, 


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1893 


Chas. S. Ensign, 


Cor. Sec'y. 


1891 


Chas. F. Fitz, 


u ;( 


1S92 


Dr. B. F. Davenport, 


ii a 


1893 


Chas. F. Mason, 


Treasurer. 


1891 


Solon F. Whitney, 


Librarian. 


1891 



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COUNCIL. 




Rev. E. A. Rand, 


1891 


Wm. H. Ingraham, 


1891 


Chas. F. Mason, 


1S91 


Solon F. Whitney, 


1S91 


*Ellen M. Crafts, 


1891-1892 


Chas. S Ensign, 


1891 


Dr. B. F. Davenport, 


1891 


Dr. J. A. Mead, 


1891 


Mrs. Ruth A. Bradford, 


1891-1S92 


Chas. F. Fitz, 


1892 


Chas. A. Stearns, 


1892 


Mrs. Annie E. Davenport, 


1893 



INCORPORATORS. 



Mrs. Ruth Ann Bradford, 
Sumner Coolidge, 
*Ellen Mary Crafts. 
Frederic Erastus Crawford, 
Albert Mortimer Davenport, 
Dr. Bennett Franklin Davenport, 
Orlendo Wales Dimick, 
Charles Sidney Ensign, 
Jesse Fewkes, 
Charles Frederic Fitz, 
William Hutchinson Ingraham, 
Francis Kendall, 
Charles Frank Mason, 
Dr. Julian Augustus Mead, 
Rev. Edward Augustus Rand, 
Charles Augustus Stearns, 
Abner Chase Stockin, 
Solon Franklin Whitnev. 



Watertown 



'Died March 14, 1S93. 



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Mrs. Alice Greeley Abbott, 

John Edward Abbott, 

Samuel Phillips Abbott, 

Frederick George Barker, 

Mrs. Abby Vose Barry, 

Francis Hill Bigelow, 

Frank Winthrop Bigelow, 

Jonathan Bigelow, 

Melville Madison Bigelow, 

Mrs. Emma Augusta Blair, 

Lafayette Gilbert Blair, 

Mrs. Mary Robinson Bostwick, 

Charles Brigham, 

Maria Brigham, 

William Herman Bustin, Jr., 

Abby Clarke, 

Henry Ware Clarke, 

Leonidas Sidney Cleveland, 

James Waldo Colby, 

Mrs. Alice Austin Coolidge, 

Austin Jacobs Coolidge, 

Fanny Gertrude Coolidge, 

Harriet Adelaide Coolidge, 

Herbert Coolidge, 

Joshua Coolidge, 

Ethel Cushing, 

*Mrs. Fanny Elizabeth Cushing, 

William Cushing, 

Mrs. Annie Emeline Davenport, 

Mrs. Emma Judson Davenport, 

Herbert Elbridge Davidson, ♦ 

Brenton Halliburton Dickson, Jr., 

Mrs. Lizzie Martha Dimick, 

Albert Dutton, 

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Holden Fairman, 

*Died Nov. 22, 1S90. 



Watertown 



Weston 

W^atertown 
Cambridge 
Watertown 



Brockton 
Watertown 



Weston 
Watertown 

N. Y. City 



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Andrew Fiske. 
Charles Henry Fiske, 
Augustus Flagg, 
John Benton Goodrich, 
Alberto Frederick Haynes, 
Mrs. Lizzie Hale Haynes, 
Mrs. Mary Barnard Home, 
Robert Francis Home, 
tDr. Alfred Hosmer, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbie Howard, 
Selah Howell, 

*Mrs. Margaret Vantine Kendall, 
John Hathaway Kendall, 
Daniel Sanderson Lamson, 
Wilbur Franklin Learned, 
Stillman Pierce March, 
Mrs. Mary Josephine March, 
Marantha Bradley Patten, 
Charles Quincy Pierce, 
Mary Frances Pierce, 
Mrs. Julia Ann Pierce, 
William Thomas Pierce, 
Lewis Bates Porter, 
Mrs. Marj' Frances Abbott Rand, 
Abraham Lawrence Richards, 
Reuben Lee Richardson, 
William Minard Richardson, 
Mabelle Winthrop Russell, 
William Whitney Russell, 
Mrs. Georgiana Butler Savage, 
Rev. William Henr^' Savage, 
Supply Thwing Sharp, 
Mrs. Alice Maria Silsbee, 
Henry Reuben Skinner, 

tDied May 14, 1S91. 
*Died Dec. 30, 1S92. 



Weston 

Waltham 

Newton 

Watertown 

Belmont 
Watertown 



Roslindale 
Watertown 

Weston 
Watertown 



Weston 
Watertown 



Belmont 
Cambridge 
Watertown 



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Mrs. Bertha Home Snow, Watertown 

Walter Bradlee Snow, " 

Alexander Starbuck, Waltham 

Mrs. Abbj Catherine Stearns, Watertown 
Mrs. Helen Medora Stockin, 
Charles William Stone, 
Mrs. Frances Maria Stone, 
Rev. Luther Tracy Townsend, 
Rev. Horace I^eslie Wheeler, 

Mrs. Caroline Abbe Rogers Whitney, Belmont 

Edward Whitney, " 

Benjamin Osgood Wilson, Watertown 

Mrs. Elizabeth Almira Wilson, " 

George Levi Wilson, " 

Mrs. Ida Frances Wilson, " 

Mary Caroline Wilson, ♦' 

George Sumner Wright, " 

Mrs. Emma Augusta Wright. *' 



HONORARY MEMBER. 

*Eben Norton Horsford. 
*Died Jan. i, 1S93. 



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